Shimla, Feb 26 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh BJP delegation, led by the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jairam Thakur, on Thursday, met Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla here and apprised him through a memorandum about the arrest of three accused by the Delhi Police relating to the AI Impact Summit case and subsequent “confrontation” with the state police. Saying placing police forces of two states in confrontation “a direct blow to the spirit of cooperative federalism”, former Chief Minister Thakur said the A…
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Shimla, Feb 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Opposition leader Jairam Thakur, on Sunday, criticised the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government-led state government, saying it has ruined mega projects like a medical device park of the Centre that would help improving state’s economy, owing to stubbornness, corruption and gross mismanagement. “If this government had completed a project like the Nalagarh Medical Device Park on time, it would have proved to be a ‘game changer’ for Himachal Pradesh. But due to …
Shimla, Jan 15 (IANS) Six members of a family were burnt alive at their residence in a devastating fire that broke out early Thursday at Talagna village in Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh, said police. One family member survived the incident that occurred at around 2 a.m. at the residence of Mohan Singh.The blaze spread speedily, allowing the trapped people little time to move out to safety.The dead have been identified as Naresh, his wife Tripta, their relative Kavita and three children, S…
Shimla, Jan 12 (IANS) A seven-year-old child was burned alive, and several, comprising two women and four children, were feared trapped in a massive fire that broke out early Monday in residential buildings located in the old bus stand area of Arki town in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district. The situation turned worse after several LPG cylinders exploded, causing the fire to spread rapidly and making it difficult for firefighters to control the blaze.Solan Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav S…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, and others on Friday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in a tragic road accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, where a private bus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in a remote mountainous area.“The loss of lives due to a bus mishap in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, is extremely saddening. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. Praying for the speedy recovery…
Dharamsala, Jan 2 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Police have booked a college professor and three women students on charges of ragging to death a 19-year-old woman student of the local Government Degree College in Kangra district. The victim, Pallavi, was a second-year student of the college.In a complaint to the police, her father Vikram Kumar alleged that on September 18 last year, three students — Harshita, Aakriti and Komolika — of the college had allegedly intimidated and assaulted his daughter….